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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".13-2" citation="COMAR 26.13.07.13-2" title_num="26" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="07" heading="Specific Changes Eligible for Processing as a Minor Permit Modification.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Except as provided in Regulations .13-1 and .13-3 of this chapter, only modifications to accomplish the following may be processed as minor modifications:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The following changes to general permit provisions:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Correction of typographical errors;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Requirement of more frequent monitoring or reporting by the permittee;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Change in an interim compliance date in a schedule of compliance, provided the new date is not more than 120 days after the date specified in the existing permit and does not interfere with attainment of the final compliance date requirement;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Allowance for a change in ownership or operational control of a facility as specified in §B, when the Secretary determines that no other change in the permit is necessary, provided that a written agreement containing a specific date for transfer of permit responsibility between the current and new permittees has been submitted to the Secretary.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Administrative and informational changes;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Replacement or upgrading of equipment with equipment or components that are functionally equivalent;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Providing for more frequent sampling or maintenance;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Changes to remove permit conditions that are no longer applicable because the standards on which the permit conditions were based are no longer applicable to the facility;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The following changes related to general facility standards:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Changes to waste sampling or analysis methods to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Conform with agency guidance or regulations;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Incorporate changes associated with sampling or analysis methods for hazardous waste F039, multi-source leachate; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Incorporate changes associated with underlying hazardous constituents in ignitable or corrosive wastes;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Changes to analytical quality assurance/quality control plans to conform with agency guidance or regulations;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Changes in procedures for maintaining the operating record;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Changes in the training plan other than those that affect the type or decrease the amount of training given to employees;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Changes to the contingency plan to accomplish the following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Upgrade, relocate, or replace with functionally equivalent equipment, emergency equipment listed in the contingency plan,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Change the name, address, or phone number of a coordinator or other person or agency identified in the plan;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The following changes related to ground water protection:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Replacement of an existing well that has been damaged or rendered inoperable, without change to location, design, or depth of the well;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Changes in ground water sampling or analysis procedures;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Changes to the ground water monitoring schedule;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Changes in statistical procedures for determining whether a statistically significant change in ground water quality between upgradient and downgradient wells has occurred;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The following changes related to closure:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Changes to estimates of maximum inventory under COMAR 26.13.05.07C(2)(c);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Changes in the closure schedule for any unit, changes in the final closure schedule for the facility, or extension of the final closure period;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Changes in the expected year of final closure, if other permit conditions are not changed;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Changes in procedures for decontamination of facility equipment or structures; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Addition of tanks to be used temporarily for closure activities provided that the tanks are used for neutralization, dewatering, phase separation, or component separation;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The following changes related to post-closure:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Changes in the name, address, or phone number of a contact in the post-closure plan;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Changes in the expected year of final closure where other permit conditions are not changed;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Addition of a roof to a container management unit without alteration of the containment system;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The following changes related to tanks:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Addition of a new tank that will operate for up to 90 days using any of the following treatment technologies:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Neutralization,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Phase separation,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Dewatering, or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Component separation;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Replacement of a tank by a tank that meets the same design standards, provided that all of the following conditions are met:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The capacity of the replacement tank is between 90 percent and 110 percent of the capacity of the replaced tank,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The capacity of the replacement tank is within 1,500 gallons of the capacity of the replaced tank,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The facility's permitted tank capacity is not increased, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>The replacement tank meets the same conditions in the permit as the replaced tank;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Management of different wastes in tanks provided that the following conditions are met:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The change does not require the addition of units or a change in the treatment process or management standards,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The units have previously received wastes of the same type, for example, incinerator scrubber water, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The waste is not a dioxin containing waste (F020, F021, F022, F023, F026, F027, and F028);</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>For waste piles complying with COMAR 26.13.05.12A(2), replacement of the waste pile unit with another waste pile unit of the same design and capacity and meeting all waste pile conditions in the permit;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>The following changes related to land treatment:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Changes to any conditions specified in the permit for land treatment units to reflect the results of the land treatment demonstration, provided performance standards are met;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Allowing a second treatment demonstration for land treatment to be conducted when the results of the first demonstration have not shown the conditions under which the waste or wastes can be treated completely as required by COMAR 26.13.05.13C(1), provided the conditions for the second demonstration are substantially the same as the conditions for the first demonstration;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Modification of a land treatment unit management practice to decrease the rate of waste application;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>The following changes related to incinerators:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Changes to the ranges of the operating requirements set in a hazardous waste incinerator permit to reflect the results of the trial burn, provided that the change is minor;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Changes to the operating requirements set in a hazardous waste incinerator permit for conducting a trial burn, provided that the change is minor;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Granting one extension of the time period for determining operational readiness of a hazardous waste incinerator following completion of construction, for up to 720 hours operating time for incineration of hazardous waste;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Substitution of an alternate type of fuel that is not specified in the permit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Technology changes needed to meet standards under 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart EEE, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, or corresponding State requirements, if the facility owner or operator, before submitting a request for a permit modification to the Secretary, complies with:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The Notification of Intent to Comply (NIC) requirements of 40 CFR §63.1210 in effect before May 14, 2001; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>State requirements corresponding to the requirements referenced in §A(10)(e)(i) of this regulation;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>The removal or amendment of a permit provision restricting the receipt of waste munitions from off-site to allow the continued acceptance of waste military munitions in accordance with Regulation .13-1C of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Replacement of a containment building with a containment building that meets the same design standards if:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The unit capacity is not increased; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The replacement containment building meets the same conditions in the permit as the unit it is replacing; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Any other change identified in 40 CFR §270.42 Appendix I as a class 1 modification or a class 1 modification requiring prior agency approval.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Changes in the ownership or operational control of a facility may be made if the new owner or operator submits a revised permit application not later than 90 days before the scheduled change. When a transfer of ownership or operational control of a facility occurs, the old owner or operator shall comply with the requirements of COMAR 26.13.05.08 until the new owner or operator has demonstrated to the Secretary that he is complying with the requirements of that regulation. The new owner or operator shall demonstrate compliance with COMAR 26.13.05.08 requirements within 6 months of the date of the change in the ownership or operational control of the facility. Upon demonstration to the Secretary by the new owner or operator of compliance with COMAR 26.13.05.08, the Secretary shall notify the old owner or operator in writing that he no longer needs to comply with COMAR 26.13.05.08 as of the date of demonstration.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>